Bed-rail fastener for iron beds.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

I. NELSON. BED RAIL FASTENER FOR IRON BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1904.

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SPECIFICA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent; NO. (94,089. dated July 4, 1.905 Application filed September 22, 1904:- Serial No. 225,507.

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tie it known. that I, Jon M NnLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county of l raulclin and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful linpriweineuts in lied-Rail l asteners tor .lron lleds; and l do declare the Following to he a. lull. clear, and exact description of the inveutiou. such. as will enahle others skilled. in the art to which. it a. a .rtains to mat a and use the same.

'lfhis inveliition relates to iinprovim'leiits in. lied-rail 'lasteuings :lor iron heds.

'lhe ohjeet ot the invention to provide an ltlllllUVGtl fastening o'lf' this tillttliltit'tll wherehy the rails may he readily engaged with and locked to the (Joiner-posts Oil a lied stead in such a manner as to prew'eut; their asual discouuectioin hut wl'lich. will allow said parts to he (prickly and iatsily separated. when desired.

ill. 'lfnrther ohject is to nrovide a fastening "tor lied-rails which will permit said rails to he reversed and h v which they may he used on either side of the hed.

ll ith these and. other ohiects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of eeustrnctii'm. ctnnhination, and arrangement of parts as will he hereinatter more t'ul v descrihed, and. fpart' icula'rly pointed out in the appended claim.

.ln the aeeonipaIrving drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a portion ot a, corner post and the end ot a hedrrail looking toward the inner side ol the same. l ig. Hi8 a top plan view thereo't. l ig. El a vertical see tioual view oi" the same on the line 3 25 of Fig. .2. and llig. l is a cl.'oss-sectiioual view on the line t t of Fig. l.

ll'elerring more particularly to the drawings, t denotes the lhStOHP/t', consisting of a post lneinher 2. which may he secured to the hed-post in any suitahle n'nuiner and provided with a laterall v-projectii1;; tongue or teuou l. at the inner end of which on the nuanher 2 is il ormed a shoulder t. ltn the outer 'taee of the teuon 3. near the inner end. tlIUIWYl is termed a vertically-disposed recess 5. 'llhe wall (3 of the recess 5 adiaeent to the post ineniher 2 is vertical. or perpelulieula'r, while the opposite wall 7, or that farthest from said post member, is flared out ardly or inclined tron] its center toward each end. of said recess.

The teuon 3 may he o'l any suitahle shape in eross-seet iml, hut .is here shown and is preterahly 'l'ornled square, and with the same is adapted. to he engaged a rectangiilarlyshaped sleeve or socket nielnher 5). The rail. 8 is preterahly termed, oi? angle-iron and is 'liornied at each end with a sleeve or socket 9, having :lour sides. the rig it-augnlarly-disposed sides of the same Forming two sides oil the sleeve or socket t), the two opposite sides ol the same heing' cast integral with said rig 'ht-angulnrly-dirniosed sides oi. the rail. .ln the upper and lower sides ot the sleeve or soeltet 9 are termed alined aperturi 1t), whieh are here shown .in the term, 0 slots. hen the sleeve on the end of the rail 8 engaged with the tenon on the post uieulher 2, the alined apertures it) will register with the recess 5.

hen the end ot the rail and. the post member are so attached or engaged, a wedge-slur ed key 12 is adapted. to heinsert'ed into the same. and when so insel'tml. will pass hetween and engage the central portion (it the inclined wall '7 ot the recess on one side. while the opposite side oil' the same will he engaged with the opposite walls of the slots or apertures in the socket ol the bBtl-I'tlll. so that when said wedge-shaped lcev is 'toreed into said apertures 10 the end oi. the rail 8 will he l oreeil into tight engagement with the shoulder on the post meinla-r 2, therehy l'irinly and rigidly holding the end. of the rail in place.

By forming apertures '10 in the socket 1) ol the same size and in alined positions and inclining, the walls T of the recess 5, hoth ahove and helow the center of the same, the rails 8 may he reversed or used on either side of the hed.

A lied-Fastening eonstructed as herein shown and tlUHCl'llJtltl provides a simple, strc'nre". and durahle and inexpensive connectiou tor the side rails and corner-posts of a hedstead. said cimneetiou heing readily made and easily disconnected when desired. to take down said bedstaid, but which will not be casually disconnected.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. v the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood ivithout remember having a teuon projecting therefrom and a shoulder at the base of the tenon, the latter being provided with a transverse opening, one side ot which is beveled. on inwardlyconverging lines. and a bed-rail made of an gle metal and formed at its end with a sleeve or socket having tour sides two of which are tormed by the flanges ot the rail the said sleeve or socket being or such size as to fit on the tenon and being provided with openings in opposite sides to register with the ends of the opening in the tenon. and a key in said registering openings bearing against one side of the opening in the sleeve or socket and against the angle at the convergence of the beveled sides in the opening in the tenon, suhstantiall as described.

In testimony \vhm-eof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN NELSUN.

Witness s:

(airman bMrrn G. (I. SMITH. 

